Directed by Lana Wachowski Lilly Wachowski Written by Lilly Wachowski Lana Wachowski Tatsuo Yoshida Cast Emile Hirsch ... Speed Nicholas Elia ... Young Speed Racer Susan Sarandon ... Mom Melissa Holroyd ... Speed's Teacher Ariel Winter ... Young Trixie Scott Porter ... Rex Racer Giancarlo Ganziano ... Everyman Announcer (as Gian Ganziano) Peter Fernandez ... Local Announcer Harvey Friedman ... Harold Ledermann Announcer Sadao Ueda ... Japanese Announcer Valery Tscheplanowa ... Russian Announcer Sami Loris ... Italian Announcer Olivier Marlo ... French Announcer Sean McDonagh ... Celtic Announcer Kick Gurry ... Sparky Christian Oliver ... Snake Oiler John Goodman ... Pops Vinzenz Kiefer ... Crew Chief / Sempre Fi-Ber Driver Mark Zak ... Blackjack Benelli Paulie Litt ... Spritle Racer Willy ... Chim Chim Kenzie ... Chim Chim Christina Ricci ... Trixie Julia Joyce ... Blonde Pack Leader Clayton Nemrow ... Race Announcer Ricky Watson ... Race Commentator Brandon Robinson ... Big Mouth L. Trey Wilson ... Press Man Matthew Fox ... Racer X Nayo Wallace ... Minx (as Nayo K. Wallace) Roger Allam ... Royalton Lauren Blake ... Flight Attendant Cosma Shiva Hagen ... Gennie Ralph Herforth ... Cannonball Taylor Rain ... Taejo Togokahn Waldemar Kobus ... Vinny - Cruncher Thug John Benfield ... Cruncher Block Max Hopp ... Cruncher Thug Julie T. Wallace ... Truck Driver Hiroyuki Sanada ... Mr. Musha Matthias Redlhammer ... Marvin the Cleaning Man Eckehard Hoffmann ... Joel Goldman (as Ecki Hoffmann) Stephen Marcus ... Security Goon Art LaFleur ... Fuji Announcer (as Art La Fleur) Peter Navy Tuiasosopo ... Fuji Announcer Nan Yu ... Horuko Togokahn Moritz Bleibtreu ... Grey Ghost Paul Sirr ... Dour Face Richard Roundtree ... Ben Burns Benno Fürmann ... Inspector Detector Ramon Tikaram ... Casa Cristo Announcer Melvil Poupaud ... Johnny 'Goodboy' Jones Kady Taylor ... Queen of Casa Cristo (as Kadý Taylor) Junior Sone Enang ... Shark Driver Jana Pallaske ... Delila Bojidara Maximova ... Flying Fox (as Dari Maximova) Werner Daehn ... Sempre Fi-Ber Leader Komi Mizrajim Togbonou ... Thor-azine Leader Leila Rozario ... Hydro-cell Driver Steven Wilson ... C.I.B. Security Man Karl Yune ... Taejo Body Guard Togo Igawa ... Mr. Togokahn Jonathan Kinsler ... Fuji Reporter Anatole Taubman ... Fuji Reporter Ben Miles ... Cass Jones Frank Witter ... Security Official Megan Gay ... Senior Race Official Corinne Orr ... Grand Prix Female Announcer Joe Mazza ... Nitro Joon Park ... Yakuza Driver Ludmilla Ismailow ... Denise Milka Duno ... Gearbox / Kellie Kalinkov Amira Osman ... Count Down Tower Woman Ashley Walters ... Prince Kabala Jens Neuhaus ... German Announcer Sesede Terziyan ... Turkish Announcer Ill-Young Kim ... Korean Announcer Yuriri Naka ... Japanese Announcer Oscar Ortega Sánchez ... Spanish Announcer (as Oscar Ortega Sanchez) Yu Fang ... Chinese Announcer Narges Rashidi ... Persian Announcer Andrés Cantor ... Grand Prix Announcer Bill R. Dean ... Sleazy Telephone Salesman (voice) (as William R. Dean) Uncredited Cast Jin Akanishi ... Speed Racer (voice) Luka Andres ... Big Mouth Joel Cross ... Prince Fan Alister Mazzotti ... Pitter Pat John Vaughan ... Racing Fan Nicolas Walier ... Security Yusuke Yamasaki ... Japanese Alexander Yassin ... Reporter - Grand Prix Produced by Jessica Alan Bruce Berman Grant Hill Michael Lambert Marcus Loges Roberto Malerba Henning Molfenter David Lane Seltzer Joel Silver Lana Wachowski Lilly Wachowski Charlie Woebcken Original Music by Michael Giacchino

Additional Info Premiere: April 28, 2008 Theatrical Release: May 09, 2008 DVD Release: September 16, 2008 Blu-ray Release: September 16, 2008 Countries: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Warner Bros. (as A Warner Bros. Pictures Presentation) Village Roadshow Pictures (in association with) Silver Pictures Anarchos Productions (in association with) Velocity Productions (co-production) (as Velocity Productions Limited) Studio Babelsberg (co-production) (as Sechste Babelsberg Film) Distributors Warner Bros.   (2008) (USA) (theatrical) Warner Home Video   (2008) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2008) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.1 / 10 Our Rating 4.5 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.5 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,937 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 1 total rating Average 1 total rating Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,933 Fearless (2006) #1,934 Charlie's Angels (2019) #1,935 The Siege (1998) #1,936 Cold Pursuit (2019) #1,937 Speed Racer (2008) #1,938 Five Feet Apart (2019) #1,939 Wolf Creek (2005) #1,940 Quarantine (2008) #1,941 Strange Days (1995)